Oxford Harriet Beecher Stowe Reader

Hedrick's collection triumphantly balances the radical politicization of Stowe's writings with the essentially conservative attitude revealed in her writings on house, home and a woman's sphere Years Work in English Studies

• A Note on the Text Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction I. Early Essays and Sketches 1.: "Modern Uses of Language" (1833) 2.: "Uncle Enoch" (1835) 3.: "The Old Meeting-House: Sketch from the Note-Book of an Old Gentlemen" (1840) 4.: "The Canal-Boat" (1841) II. Antislavery Writings 1.: To the Editor of the Cincinnati Journal and Luminary (1836) 2.: "Uncle Sam's Emancipation: A Sketch" (1845) 3.: "The Freeman's Dream: A Parable" (1850) 4.: Letters (1851-53) Frederick Douglass Catharine Beecher Henry Ward Beecher Gamaliel Bailey The Reverend Joel Parker Henry Ward Beecher Eliza Cabot Follen William Lloyd Garrison 5.: Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life among the Lowly (1852) 6.: From A Key to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1853) 7.: "An Affectionate and Christian Address of Many Thousands of Women of Great Britain and Ireland to Their Sisters the Women of the United States of America" (1852) 8.: "An Appeal to Women of the Free States of America, on the Present Crisis on Our Country" (1854) 9.: From Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856) 10.: "What Is to Be Done With Them?" (1852) 11.: "Will You Take a Pilot?" (1862) 12.: Playbill from Uncle Tom's Cabin Show (c. 1865) III. Domestic Culture and Politics 1.: "Trials of a Housekeeper" (1839) 2.: To Sarah Buckingham Beecher (1850) 3.: "What Is a Home?" (1864) 4.: "Servants" (1864) 5.: Selections from Little Foxes (1865) 6.: "Home Decoration" (1869) 7.: "The True Story of Lady Byron's Life" (1869) Suggestions for Further Reading